Garment hanger



June 8 1926. 1,538,263

G.PENN

GARMENT HANGER Filed July 9 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 8, 1926.

GREGORY PENN, OF' DALLAS, TEXAS.

15am FFiicE GARMENT HANGER.

' Application filed Jul 9, 1925. Serial No. 42,433.

This invention relates to new anduseful improvements in garment hangers,and has for its principal object the provision of a hanger of thisdescription particularly designed and constructed for use in installation in a delivery vehicle. The hanger, however, is adapted to be usedvery advantageously in clothes closets, wardrobes, clothing stores andwherever clothing is suspended.

Further objects of the invention are that the hanger is of comparativelyfew parts, may be economically constructed and is very strong anddurable, being constructed entirely of steel, or other strong metal.

The advantages of the garment hanger and its form of construction andoperation will be better understood by reference to the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming apart hereof and in which:

Figure l is a side elevational view of the invention illustrating thesame embodied in a delivery vehicle.

Figure 2 is a detail-view of the operating and of the hanger.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the latching means.

Figures 4 and 5 are cross-sectional views on lines 44 and 55respectively of F igure 1.

Figure 6 is a side View of the garment hanger illustrating itsarrangement in a clothes closet, and

Figure? is a longitudinal sectional View of a support or base for thedevice where applied to a closet, wardrobe or, similar place.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a metallic bar lpreferably of square formation which hastwo bracket members 22, one ateach end, shown clearly in Figure 4. These bracket members are providedwith laterals 33 for the reception of screws 4 4 for attaching the bar 1to the roof of a vehicle 1 or other place. These brackets rigidlysupport the bar in position.

Depending from the operating end of bar 1, see Figure 2, is a smallplate 4, held in place by a screw-bolt 5. The lower end of this plate isapertured, the purpose of which will be explained later.

Below the bar 1 is a member bent upon itself and forming two parallelbars 6 and 7, the upper one being cylindrical and the lower one ofrelatively flat formation and provided with spaced apertures 8-8. Theseapertures arefor the purposeof suspending wire members upon which agarment is placed, such as coats, suits, and the like.

By reference to'Figures'LA and 5 it will be observed that the lower bar7; has formed thereon a member-'9 andjlo, and a roller bearing 11 placedthereon. Thememberi9 encloses the top portion of bar l and is rigidlysecured to the two; lower bars, the roller adapted to ride upon'the topof bar l. The member 10, however, is disposed so as to entirely enclosethe lowermost bar 7 and the roller 11 arranged to' ride 'underneatlrthebar 1. In this manner the member comprisward and forward freely. Thefront end of the bar 6 is also passed through an opening in the plate 4which acts as a support and guide.

The means for moving the device back ward and forward is provided for bya handle A formed by the curved portion of the two rods 6 and 7 inconjunction with a catch lever 12-the handle and lever being grasped bythe hand. This lever has a spring 13 encircling a pin 14 and is pivotedto a support 15 secured to rod 1. Compression of the spring permits thepin 14 to move through the support 15 and thus cause the lever 12 to bereleased from a small lug 16.

After this lug has passed the lever 12, the end of the latterfrictionally engages the upper bar 6 and holds the movable member at anydesired point.

The dotted lines in Figure 1 illustrate the position taken by the devicewhen pulled outward from the vehicle, and in this connection it will beobserved that the driver of the vehicle need not enter the same inremoving or placing the garments on the device.

In Figures 6 and 7 is shown the manner of placing the hanger in aclothes closet. In this arrangement the bar 1 is screwed to a wood orother base 16 by a screw 17, aided by a brace bar 18. The base hasapertures 1919 for engagement with pegs or nails. The hanger. isentirely within the closet between the wall 20 and door 21 and thegarments 22 may be drawn out easily as shown by the dotted lineposition.

It should be understood that minor changes may be made in theconstruction of the de-' vice in keeping with the following claims? 1.In a garment hanger the combination of a main supporting rod, a memberbent upon itselfand forming two parallel Vertiing the two bars 6 and 7may be slid back- (rally spaced bars, the lower one of which isapertured to receive garment supports, means for adapting said bars tomove backward and forward in alinement with said rod and a latch meansmounted at one end of the rod for holding the bars in a locked positionand friotionally engaging one of the bars during the movement of saidmember.

2. In a garment hanger the combination of a main supporting rod and alooped member forming two spaced bars, an apertured plate attaching thelooped member to one end of said rod,fa plurality of plates rigidlysecuring said bars together, embracing said rod and adapted to permitthe bars comprising the looped member to travel in parallel relationshipto said rod, and a handle and latch means for locking the looped memberin position. a

3. A garment hanger comprising a main supportingrod and two lower barsspaced apart therefrom, the lower of said bars provided with aperturesto receive members upon which the garments are hung, a plurality ofplates rigidly secured to the bars and can rying roller hearings topermit the bars to ride 1n alinement with said rod, a lever pivoted toone end of said rod, a spring and a pin carried by said lever and a lugon one of said bars to form a stop for the lever to lock the lower barsagainst movement.

i. A garment hanger comprising a supporting rod, a hanger carrying barslidable in parallel spaced relation to and mounted on said rod, andlatch means arranged on one end of the supporting rod'to hold the bar inclosed position and frictionally engage said bar during movement of thelatter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

